USA Judo Announces 2008 U.S. Olympic Team

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - At the conclusion of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, USA Judo announced the 10 players that will be eligible to compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing, August 9-15.

"This weekend had some very exciting matches and we're all pleased with the caliber of athletes who will be representing the USA in Beijing," said USA Judo Director of Athlete Performance Eddie Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo.) "We have a good mix of players who are veterans of World and Olympic Teams as well as athletes for whom this is just the first Olympic Team they will compete on who also have the potential for a bright future in 2012."

The names of the 10 athletes below will be the roster submitted to the U.S. Olympic Committee. The USOC will announce the entire U.S. Olympic Team roster on or before July 23.